Why attend Digital Transport 2017?

Practical applications of digital infrastructure to improve the transport experience: let's get talking

This unique event brings together, for the first time, business leaders, senior public sector representatives, innovators and pioneers from across the transport digital infrastructure ecosystem to begin a ground-breaking conversation on ways forward

Key players from all sectors of the data & digital infrastructure supply chain – including travellers – will get together for extensive networking and expert-led practical workshops to:

• understand the actual needs of the travelling public

• understand what innovators, entrepreneurs and existing suppliers can do to enable customers to travel smarter and better

• understand what value-conscious smart city leaders need to deliver practical success

• understand how to align new and existing business models and platforms to support success, sharing and improved customer service

Workshop issues will include:

Faster adoption and implementation of new mobility solutions

Developing integration and multimodal infrastructure for personal mobility

Multi-modal, on-demand, personalised, real-time, accurate access to data and information

Understanding the real value of data & digital infrastructure

Advanced data analytics based on the integration and re-use of data sources

Governance, legal, technical, operational and financial constraints

Participants include:

DfT, Oxfordshire City Council, Transport Systems Catapult, Siemens, ONE Transport, Oxbotica, Uber, Zipabout, Smart Oxford, The Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mobox, Future Cities Catapult, Elgin, RAC Foundation, Nominet, Transport AI, Transport API, Traveline, TfL, TfGM, City Science, ITS Leeds, Travelspirit, Stratageeb, Space Syntax, EE, Atkins, Urban Transport Group, ITO World, and many more….

Day 1  Thursday 6 July 

Workshops at The King's Centre, Oxford
Evening Networking Event

Day 2  Friday 7 July

Conference: Thames Hall, The King's Centre, Oxford
Exhibition: Cotswold Hall

Topics Covered

• High level data themes 

• National transport policy, legislation and regulation

• Platforms for transport data

• Big data processing

• Transport modelling

• Mapping and data visualisation in transport

• Apps for transport in B2B and B2C

• Open source software and data in transport

• Data stewardship: security, privacy and data protection

• Data infrastructure and open standards

Specific hot topics

• Internet of Things in transport

• Transport ticketing: communication and data infrastructures

• Tracking passengers/vehicles through transport networks

• Social media engagement in transport

• Connected car and autonomous driving: communication and data infrastructures

• Skills development and talent management for transport developers

• Evolution of transport data standards e.g. Netex

• API design and microservices for high performance

• Innovation programmes in transport data

• Performance indicators for competition, regulation and compensation